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. 45 competitors, 31 men and 14 women, took part in 35 events in 5 sports.

Medalists

Athletics

Men's 400 metres * Bertland Cameron :* Heat — 46.14 :* Quarterfinals — 45.15 :* Semifinals — 45.10 (→ advanced to final did not run due to injury) * Devon Morris :* Heat — 45.80 :* Quarterfinals — 46.14 (→ did not advance) * Mark Senior :* Heat — 46.73 :* Quarterfinals — 46.50 (→ did not advance) Men's Marathon * Derick Adamson — 2:25:02 (→ 52nd place) Men's High Jump *

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:* Qualification — 2.15m (→ did not advance) Women's 400m Hurdles * Sandra Farmer :* Heat — 57.06 :* Semifinal — 56.05 :* Final — 57.15 (→ 8th place) * Averill Dwyer-Brown :* Heat — 58.42 (→ did not advance) Women's Long Jump * Dorothy Scott :* Qualification — 6.47 m :* Final — 6.40 m (→ 10th place) Women's Discus Throw * Marlene Lewis :* Qualification — 49.00m (→ did not advance)

Boxing

Cycling

Five cyclists represented Jamaica in 1984. ; Individual road race * Arthur Tenn * Lorenzo Murdock ; Sprint *

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; 1000m time trial *

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Swimming

Men's 100m Freestyle * Deryck Marks :* Heat — 54.63 (→ did not advance, 45th place) * Gordon Scarlett :* Heat — 55.34 (→ did not advance, 52nd place) Men's 100m Backstroke * Allan Marsh :* Heat — 1:00.04 (→ did not advance, 27th place) Men's 200m Backstroke * Allan Marsh :* Heat — 2:11.57 (→ did not advance, 27th place) Men's 100m Butterfly * Allan Marsh :* Heat — 57.69 (→ did not advance, 33rd place) * Deryck Marks :* Heat — 1:00.57 (→ did not advance, 41st place) Men's 200m Individual Medley * Andrew Phillips :* Heat — 2:06.43 :* Final — 2:05.60 (→ 6th place) Men's 400m Individual Medley * Andrew Phillips :* Heat — 4:29.43 :* B-Final — 4:27.98 (→ 10th place) Men's 4 × 100 m Freestyle Relay * Andrew Phillips, Deryck Marks, Allan Marsh, and Gordon Scarlett :* Heat — 3:34.87 (→ did not advance, 18th place) Men's 4 × 100 m Medley Relay * Allan Marsh, Andrew Phillips, Deryck Marks, and Gordon Scarlett :* Heat — 4:05.35 (→ did not advance, 17th place)

Weightlifting

References

External links

Official Olympic ReportsInternational Olympic Committee results database
Nations at the 1984 Summer Olympics

1984 Events January * January 1 – The Bornean Sultanate of Brunei gains full independence from the United Kingdom, having become a British protectorate in 1888. * January 7 – Brunei becomes the sixth member of the Association of Southeas ...

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